-This directory tree holds version 1.2.0 of the m17n library. -*- text -*-
+This directory tree holds version 1.3.0 of the m17n library. -*- text -*-
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Registration Number H15PRO112
See the end for copying conditions.
The m17n library is a multilingual text processing library for the C
language.
+
(1) INSTALLATION
(1-1) From CVS working directory.
xft -- http://freedesktop.org/Software/Xft
gd -- http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-1.8.4.tar.gz
+In addition, for finding a word boundary in Thai text, "configure"
+checks the existence of these libraries (libthai is preferred):
+
+ libthai -- http://
+ wordcut -- http://thaiwordseg.sourceforge.net/
+
The sample program m17n-edit utilizes this Japanese inputting system.
It is also recommended to install it.
anthy -- http://anthy.sourceforge.jp/
-The sample program m17n-edit and mdump utilize this Thai word-boundary
-finder. It is also recommended to install it.
-
- wordcut -- http://thaiwordseg.sourceforge.net/
-
Then, type the followings on the command line.
% ./configure
These sample programs are installed in /usr/local/bin too:
m17n-conv, m17n-date, m17n-view, m17n-dump, m17n-edit
+If you don't need GUI libraries (libm17n-gui.so and etc.), you can
+instruct the `configure' script not to build them as below:
+
+ % ./configure --without-gui
+
This file under `example' sub-directory is a Japanese resource file
for medit. It is not installed but useful in Japanese locale. Copy
it to your home directory (or, for instance,
The m17n library utilizes the m17n database available at:
http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/m17n-db
Without this database, the m17n library loses half its value. Please
-install it too before you try the above sample programs or develop a
-program that uses the m17n library.
+install it (Ver.1.3.0 or the later is required) too before you try the
+above sample programs or develop a program that uses the m17n library.
(3) DOCUMENTATION
the source files. There are English and Japanese comments in
parallel.
+
(4) USAGE
The library provides three levels of APIs, CORE, SHELL, and GUI. For
% gcc -o PROX `m17n-config GUI --cflags` `m17n-config GUI --libs` PROX.c
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Copyright information
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Registration Number H15PRO112